Low margins and scarcity of LBOs hurt term loan revenues
Despite a resurgence in global term loan B (TLB) volume, which grew by 30% to reach $416.6bn as of December 2023, revenue earned by arranging banks on these facilities only totalled $3.0bn

Banks predict steady year ahead
It’s the season for predictions and the CLO market is no exception, with all the banks having their say. We’ve rounded up their forecasts for new issuance and resets in the US and Europe

2023: a bumper year for CLO funds
It looks like 2023 will finish as a solid year for most credit funds, and an outstanding one for CLO funds. But funds pursuing corporate distressed strategies continued to struggle

Tightening spreads show market’s growing maturity
As another tumultuous year ends, we review how CLO spreads are looking around the world. In summary? Given current macroeconomic woes, the situation could have been much worse

What CLO investors really need to know
From the drivers of CLO performance to cashflow modelling, these are the seven things every CLO equity investor needs to know. This article is an extract from Dealscribe and CLO Research’s guide What CLO Equity Investors Need To Know

Fund performance
Q4 has kicked off with structured finance funds leading the way in the Creditflux league tables, as the category index reached 0.61%, and all but one fund made positive returns.

Credit hedge funds
Credit hedge fund performance

Credit funds at a glance
Credit funds at a glance

CLOs at a glance
CLOs at a glance

Greensledge arranges new private credit CFO
Churchill Asset Management, an investment-specialist affiliate of Nuveen, announced on Monday it had closed its second collateralised fund obligation, or CFO

European ABS and CLOs rally on Fed rates forecast
Trading activity in European ABS and CLOs was strong on Thursday after the Federal Reserve signalled it would cut rates in 2024

BNP Paribas launches climate impact infrastructure debt fund
BNP Paribas Asset Management has launched the BNP Paribas Climate Impact Infrastructure Debt fund as interest in impact investing and ESG-related causes continues to grow around the world

November 2023 European Leveraged Highlights
Debtwire today releases the November 2023 European Leveraged Highlights, containing key trends in the leveraged loan and high-yield bond markets

European CLO rankings - November 2023 YTD
Our latest rankings for the European BSL CLO market, including volumes and arranger and manager league tables

Amundi launches impact strategy aiming at agri
European asset manager Amundi has launched an impact investing strategy dubbed Amundi Ambition Agri-Agro Direct Lending Europe, with the intent of preserving natural resources and ensuring food sovereignty.

Polus prices new European CLO
London-based Polus Capital Management priced its latest European CLO on Friday, its second deal of the year and 18th CLO in total, after recently securing committed capital for continued issuance in the region

CLO market round-up: 27 Nov - 1 Dec
After a busy Thanksgiving week, CLO pricing activity was substantially quieter last week, with only a handful of deals in the market.

Anchorage resets 2022 European CLO
As the CLO pricing year begins to wind down, Anchorage Capital last week undertook a reset for one of its short-dated 2022-vintage European deals, Anchorage Capital Europe CLO 6

Eurazeo closes direct lending fund at EUR 2.3bn
The new direct lending fund's strategy entails investing in non-cyclical European small and medium-sized enterprises with valuations between EUR 30m and EUR 300m.  

Latham & Watkins expands private credit practice with two new hires
Latham & Watkins has added two new partners to its London office from Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld

Is direct lending on the rebound? - Debtwire Special Report
After a slow start in 2023, direct lending in both the US and Europe has been on the rise, with volumes in Q3 almost doubling compared to the previous quarter

HSBC AM launches revolving credit facility strategy
New approach will expand access to revolvers as a diversifier to traditional private credit strategies

CLO market round-up: 20 - 24 Nov 2023
Thanksgiving or not, last week was a banner week for middle market CLO deals, with no fewer than five pricing

Hayfin prices short-dated CLO
After a quiet year in the primary market Hayfin Capital Management returned last week with a short-dated European CLO

Blackstone to close multi-strategy fund after assets fell nearly 90%
Blackstone plans to shut down its Blackstone Diversified Multi-strategy Fund by the end of the year after assets within the fund declined by nearly 90% in the last four years